# System command with arguments?

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/system-command-with-arguments/5247
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [May 31, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/system-command-with-arguments/5247 "2003-05-31T19:13:13Z")
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### Author: ![jbs](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@jbs](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/jbs)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/system-command-with-arguments/5247/1 "2003-05-31T19:13:13Z")

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Hi,

is it possible to add arguments to the MEL-command "system"?  
I need this, because I want to execute a Tcl script that expects two arguments.

I tried:

string $myCmd = "load d:/xy/xy.tcl " + $arg1 + " " + $arg2;  
system($myCmd);

Of course $arg1 and $arg2 are correctly declared variables.

Unfortunately it seems, that both arguments are ignored; the Tcl script is called without arguments.

Any suggestions would help.

Thanks  
jbs

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### Author: ![deane](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/deane/32/58795_2.png) [@deane](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/deane)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/system-command-with-arguments/5247/2 "2003-05-31T20:55:11Z")

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I'm not sure why your command isn't working. I use the system command below without problems, and I am passing in arguments.

string $mayacampathCmd = ("mayacampath " + $filename +".mov");  
system($mayacampathCmd);